I'm curious - are any of these chests self assemble-able or do they all
come preassembled?
I've considered getting one for my home but I don't think I could fit one
in my Corolla unless it was in smaller pieces.
Also
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 13:01 Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com wrote:
> Why the extra voltage? Compensate for resistance of long cable? Might be
> safer to just spend more money for heavier gauge wire.
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> Having once exploded a battery I was jumping on a zero degree day, I am
> cautious about creating sparks around hydrogen. Getting sprayed with
> sulfuric acid is not fun. I guess if you follow the last connection to
> the chassis rule you are OK. But the idea of using an 18 volt battery
> would scare me. And is it really necessary?
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> If there’s AC available, I like the approach of hooking up a battery
> charger. Let it charge for 10 minutes on highest current setting and most
> cars will start even with a weak battery. But you are looking for a
> portable system. Most of my portable generators have a 12V DC output that
> they say you can use for starting cars or charging batteries. I haven’t
> tried it. Need the special cable.
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> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Monday, December 31, 2018 10:56 AM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT tool chests
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> If there are any electronics in the vehicle, I would worry about it.
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> bp
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> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 12/31/2018 8:42 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
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> Yep, red for electrical. Black for mechanical. Like to have one for
> plumbing and pneumatic I think. I have several Kennedy’s for machine
> shop. On a different subject, finally got a newish forklift battery. Old
> one had a bad cell that I had jumpered. Problem was you couldn’t leave it
> on the charger without risking overcharge. Also the forklift thought it was
> always low on charge and would shutdown prematurely. Gonna build a boss
> man jumper battery system. Put it in the back of the service truck with 50’
> of welding cables. The question is: how much voltage? 16 volts at least
> but I am considering 18 volts. Enough cells to make two of these. One I
> think I will make forkball with the skid steer for jump starting around the
> shop. I know auto systems can take 16 volts without issue. Is 18 too much?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 31, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, pretty nice chests. I bought one for the shop this year. I also
> thought it was pretty cool that they now sell them in like ten different
> colors.
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> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
> For the past year I have been monitoring pricing on used tool chests.
> Snap-On, MAC etc. Pricing them out by cents per cubic inch etc.
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> Last week was in Harbor Freight getting some air fittings and checked out
> their tool chests. Brand new price is lower than the used pricing on name
> brand boxes.
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> So I bought a couple of them. One for mechanic tools one for electrical
> tools and supplies.
>
> Pretty nice. The castors are not ball bearing but at least, for now, they
> are rolling nice. The steel is not any thinner than name brand boxes. The
> ball bearing drawer slides are better than some old non bearing kennedy and
> craftsman boxes I have.
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>
> Too bad their sales always seem to exclude tool chests.
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